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Post by SSHoya on Jun 22, 2024 6:35:14 GMT -5
When Demented Donnie isn't demented enough. Maybe declaring yourself a "Republican" is equivalent to admitting to a mental illness. PHOENIX — Arizona delegates to the Republican National Convention gathered this month in a Phoenix suburb, showing up to get to know each other and learn about their duties. Part of the presentation included a secret plan to throw the party’s nomination of Donald Trump for president into chaos. The instructions did not come from “Never Trumpers” hoping to stop the party from nominating a felon when delegates gather in Milwaukee next month. They instead came from avowed “America First” believers hatching a challenge from the far right — a plot to release the delegates from their pledge to support Trump, according to people present and briefed on the meeting, slides from the presentation and private messages obtained by The Washington Post. The delegates said the gambit would require support from several other state delegations, and it wasn’t clear whether those allies had been lined up. One idea, discussed as attendees ate finger-foods, was for co-conspirators to signal their allegiance to one another by wearing matching black jackets. The exact purpose of the maneuver was not clear — and left some delegates puzzled and alarmed. People familiar with the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, said that perhaps the intent was to block an undesirable running mate. Most of the dozen GOP officials or activists interviewed by The Post even ventured that the aim may have been to substitute former national security adviser Michael Flynn for Trump if the former president is sentenced to prison time. Among some on the far right, suspicions have intensified that the former president has surrounded himself with too many advisers beholden to the “deep state.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/22/trump-convention-revolt-right-wing-arizona/
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Post by hoyajinx on Jun 23, 2024 5:33:32 GMT -5
Trump proposes having migrants fight for our entertainment. He is truly disgusting. If you hear this type of thing and still vote for him, it says a lot about you as person. www.politico.com/news/2024/06/22/trump-ufc-migrant-league-00164570“Another conference attendee, Bobbi Newman, said she didn’t hear Trump make the remark but would support the idea if Trump believed in it.” If you would go along with something, no matter how bad, disgraceful, or inhumane because your beloved leader wanted it, you are in a cult. Is there any doubt that the MAGA crowd would have goose-stepped with the best of them?
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 23, 2024 7:50:58 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 24, 2024 15:21:50 GMT -5
Democrat Angela Alsobrooks has a double-digit lead over former Gov. Larry Hogan (R) in Maryland’s Senate race, according to the first poll released since the state’s primary earlier this month. A Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey found that 45 percent of Marylanders support Alsobrooks, while 34 percent support Hogan and 5 percent support another candidate. In the choice between Alsobrooks and Hogan alone, the Democrat maintained a slightly smaller 8 point lead, 48 percent to 40 percent. thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4737126-alsobrooks-leads-hogan-senate-poll/
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Post by hoyajinx on Jun 24, 2024 16:20:30 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 24, 2024 21:52:29 GMT -5
Demented Donnie. Only true morons would vote for such a babbling idiot. For thin-skinned Trump, every week is Shark Week Remember that bizarre story he told a couple of weeks ago about boats, sharks and electrocution? Trump obviously remembers how people made fun of it, to the point where he told the story again on Saturday, insisting it was “actually not crazy” and “sort of a smart story.” But what’s striking, and sad, is how defensive Trump is. After saying something that made no earthly sense, and getting ridiculed for it, he couldn’t just move on and hope everyone forgets. He can’t stand being laughed at. After I wrote about the shark thing two weeks ago — a column that, by the way, consisted mostly of Trump’s own words — he singled me out on Truth Social as one of the “fools and stupid people” working here at The Post. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/24/trump-rally-sharks-media-electrocution/
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Post by hoyajinx on Jun 25, 2024 5:33:49 GMT -5
If you care about the economy and the cost of living, don’t vote for Trump. His plans are ridiculous and would cause longstanding, destabilizing harm to the US and World economies. Or maybe you understand the economy better than the 16 Nobel Laureates who are warning of an absolute disaster should Trump become president again. After all, Republicans are self-styled experts in everything from the Constitution to epidemiology to world diplomacy because they saw a thing on Facebook or watched a YouTube video on it. www.axios.com/2024/06/25/nobel-prize-winners-biden-economy-trump-inflation
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Post by hoyarooter on Jun 25, 2024 18:47:02 GMT -5
If you care about the economy and the cost of living, don’t vote for Trump. His plans are ridiculous and would cause longstanding, destabilizing harm to the US and World economies. Or maybe you understand the economy better than the 16 Nobel Laureates who are warning of an absolute disaster should Trump become president again. After all, Republicans are self-styled experts in everything from the Constitution to epidemiology to world diplomacy because they saw a thing on Facebook or watched a YouTube video on it. www.axios.com/2024/06/25/nobel-prize-winners-biden-economy-trump-inflationOr heard Trump blathering about it.
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 26, 2024 5:44:27 GMT -5
When you've resorted to attacking the moderators it means you know you're losing. Demented Donnie is a loser. The purported announcement of a VP nominee is merely a distraction from what DD fears - a terrible debate performance. CNN anchor Kasie Hunt stopped an interview with a top spokesperson for former President Trump’s campaign Monday after she repeatedly attacked two CNN anchors who are slated to host this week’s presidential debate. thehill.com/homenews/media/4736487-cnn-anchor-halts-interview-trump-spokesperson/
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Post by hoyajinx on Jun 26, 2024 6:43:11 GMT -5
When you've resorted to attacking the moderators it means you know you're losing. Demented Donnie is a loser. The purported announcement of a VP nominee is merely a distraction from what DD fears - a terrible debate performance. CNN anchor Kasie Hunt stopped an interview with a top spokesperson for former President Trump’s campaign Monday after she repeatedly attacked two CNN anchors who are slated to host this week’s presidential debate. thehill.com/homenews/media/4736487-cnn-anchor-halts-interview-trump-spokesperson/Unless every question directed at Trump is “why are you so great and when did you become as great as you are?” these dishonest little whiners are going to complain. If Trump were truly as great and intelligent as his sycophants prop him up to be, it wouldn’t matter who the moderators are. Up until the last week, Trump was bashing Biden’s intellect and debating ability. Now he’s saying how formidable Biden is. It’s so obvious that Trump’s sphere realized they set expectations for Biden so low and Trump so high that they need to plant seeds of doubt in the process, not Trump’s clearly low intellectual acumen and inability to stay on topic. If he fails, it’s not his fault, it’s someone else’s. This is the same BS he’s done for elections and his trials.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 26, 2024 7:07:25 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 26, 2024 7:25:28 GMT -5
Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden. Maybe it gives Biden a boost with the 15-20% of Republicans who aren't ignorant MAGA cultists. NEW YORK (AP) — Republican former congressman Adam Kinzinger endorsed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the Democrat a prominent new ally in his high-stakes campaign to win over moderate Republicans and independents this fall. “While I certainly don’t agree with President Biden on everything, and I never thought I’d be endorsing a Democrat for president, I know that he will always protect the very thing that makes America the best country in the world: our democracy,” said Kinzinger, who voted for Trump in 2020. The former Illinois congressman also issued an ominous warning. Trump, he said, will “hurt anyone or anything in pursuit of power.” Ultimately, a number of prominent Republicans are expected to join Biden’s campaign, with more influential names likely to be announced closer to the November election. Biden’s team is trying to create what it calls “a permission structure” for Republican voters who would otherwise have a difficult time casting a ballot for the Democratic president. apnews.com/article/kinzinger-biden-endorsement-president-republican-30fd37b730fc435c308dcf801586f664
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Post by hoyajinx on Jun 27, 2024 17:31:41 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 28, 2024 23:10:18 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 30, 2024 6:25:38 GMT -5
President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race. But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office. In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump. Trump, 78, has been on the political stage for eight years marked by chaos, corruption, and incivility. Why go back to that? www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/first-presidential-debate-joe-biden-donald-trump-withdraw-20240629.html
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